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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
Corrected food poisoning notifications and cases ascertained in 1970
numbered:—
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Total
4 3 11 6 24
Outbreaks due to identified agents:—
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
6 13
Outbreaks due to:-
(a) Chemical poisons Nil (d) botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella organisms 6 (e) welchii Nil
(c) Staphylococci (including (f) other bacteria Nil
toxin) Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:—
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
2 4
Single Cases:—
Agent identified Unknown Cause Total
5 2 7
Cases due to:—
Salm. panama Salm. enteritidis Salm. heidelberg
1 1 1
Salm. bovis morbificans Salm. ohio Salm. unidentified
1 1 2
Salmonella infection not food-borne:— Nil